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Re: first time brake job on 2001 9-5
Posted by TimBrown (more from TimBrown) on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 14:37:00
In Reply to: Re: first time brake job on 2001 9-5, bobc
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, Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:46:56
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Take one of those 14" screwdrivers or a pry bar and lever the pistonback very very slowly after backing off the allen screws in back. Just be sure not to pinch the rubber under the tool. The piston goes back almost imperceptibly, but it goes. And be sure you have either a 24" breaker bar 1/2" drive or very big arms for those two back bolts- yes they do have to come off. Be sure you use the proper metric allen key for the small set screw on the front of the rotor, hold it in very firmly before you turn, maybe some wd40 soaked in first - you don't want to ruin the recess or you will wind up drilling out the screw. Before putting it back put a bit of anti-sieze on it, and smear some between the new rotorand the hub, and around the area where the outisde of the rotor contacts the back of the wheel - all innvestments in the future.
The big bolts need a bit of loctite (blue, i think) when they go back in.
The part about the springs is to carefully note, maybe sketch or photograph how they go before removing them- they are pesky to put back but not impossible.
For the sockets and allen screws it pays to use high quality stuff.
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